take the rap for

Example Sentences

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Slip and the gang take the rap for a robbery they did not commit.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2020

But an attorney for Swearingen denies such a plot exists with a second death-row inmate, Anthony Shore, and Shore has not tried to take the rap for Swearingen’s convictions.

From Reuters • Oct. 22, 2017

Good management is about having good people with clear responsibilities – not too many of them – who have the freedom to take decisions and then take the rap for mistakes.

From The Guardian • Nov. 11, 2012

“I’ll take the rap for the bees,” he said.

From New York Times • May 31, 2012

The last time I’d seen him, he was going to take the rap for his love.

From "Bodega Dreams" by Ernesto Quinonez